TravBuddy.com: stephandadam's China - 2nd to 16th December 2007 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/20962 We are starting out in beijing then heading to Xi'An by train then on to Hangzhou and finally Shanghai. en-us Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:45:51 PST Goodbye to China http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/Goodbye-China-8 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:45:51 PST Goodbye to China Shanghai, China, Dec 15, 2007

Our last full day in China was set aside for more touristy activity. Weheaded off to the Shanghai Museum which all the guidebokks had given glowing r…

]]> Shanghai - 12th to 14th December 2007 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/Shanghai-12th-14th-December-2007-7 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:17:16 PST Shanghai - 12th to 14th December 2007 Shanghai, China, Dec 13, 2007

The 'Bullet' train to Shanghai was not exactly the speed of the Japanese bullet train but it was still only an hour and twenty minutes and it did run…

]]> Hangzhou 10th to the 12th December 2007 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/Hangzhou-10th-12th-December-2007-6 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:28:26 PST Hangzhou 10th to the 12th December 2007 Hangzhou, China, Dec 11, 2007

We got to Xi'an airport good and early as we always do and our love of airports paid off big time. Walking into the departures hall we looked up at t…

]]> Xi'an 7th to 10th December 2007 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/Xian-7th-10th-December-2007-5 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:50:22 PST Xi'an 7th to 10th December 2007 Xi'an, China, Dec 07, 2007

Although our train journey was good we were still a little bit frayed at having been awake at 6 O'clock in the morning. Us unemployed folk don't like…

]]> The sleeper train from Beijing to Xi'an http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/sleeper-train-Beijing-Xian-4 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:10:34 PST The sleeper train from Beijing to Xi'an Xi'an, China, Dec 06, 2007

We got to the station way too early intending to put our bags in a locker then head off to see more sights. Beware of dodgy dudes who try and pu…

]]> Beijing 5th and 6th December 2007 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/Beijing-5th-6th-December-2007-3 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:28:44 PST Beijing 5th and 6th December 2007 Beijing, China, Dec 05, 2007

After the cold of yesterday we decided to make a visit to an indoor market a priority to buy ourselves some warm clothes. The markets had been on our…

]]> Trip to the Great Wall at Simatai http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/Trip-Great-Wall-Simatai-2 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:48:42 PST Trip to the Great Wall at Simatai Simatai, China, Dec 04, 2007

Firstly apologies to all the boffins out there re the approximated map location in writing this. The website wasn't working properly and wouldn't all…

]]> Beijing 2nd and 3rd December 2007 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/20962/Beijing-2nd-3rd-December-2007-1 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:49:27 PST Beijing 2nd and 3rd December 2007 Beijing, China, Dec 03, 2007

We both agreed that Beijing exceeded our expectations mainly because we'd been so hectic up to this point that we hadn't really had time to form that…

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